{"id":100363,"date":"2026-10-24T07:57:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=100363"},"modified":"2026-10-24T07:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T11:58:28","slug":"pioneer-grange-celebrates-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=100363","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer Grange Celebrates Members"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pioneer Grange #219, located in East Union, recently celebrated some member milestones: Sherwood Hilt was recognized for 65 years of service, Donald Burke for 25 years, and Jessica Hilt for 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sherwood has served as Pioneer Grange #219 Steward for over 65 years and has contributed time, energy, and support to the Grange organization and community, helping strengthen its traditions. Donald Burke is currently Pioneer Grange #219 President and has been a faithful member of Pioneer and Medomak Granges for 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n

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L to R: Sherwood Hilt, Jessica Hilt, and Donald Burke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Jessica Hilt was recognized for 20 years of continuous membership and is currently Pioneer Grange #219 Secretary. She has dedicated her time and service in helping to strengthen the Grange values and commitment to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following members were recognized for their commitment and recent membership to Pioneer Grange #219: Keith Hilt, Debbie Hilt, Sophia Popli, Ed McDonald, Donna McDonald, Sandy Fuller, \u00a0Maddie Fuller, Mary Kinney, \u00a0Devin Yaeger, Sarah Hewitt, and Junia Norris.<\/p>\n\n\n

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L to R: Keith Hilt, Debbie Hilt, Sherwood Hilt, Junia Norris, Sandy Fuller, Maddie Fuller, Sophia Popli, Jessica Hilt, Mary Kinney, Devin Yaeger, Donna McDonald, DonaldBurke, and Ed McDonald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Pioneer Grange currently meets monthly at 110 Payson Rd in Union. Please reach out to Donald Burke<\/a> if you’re interested in joining the Pioneer Grange.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pioneer Grange #219, located in East Union, recently celebrated some member milestones: Sherwood Hilt was recognized for 65 years of service, Donald Burke for 25 years, and Jessica Hilt for 20 years. Sherwood has served as Pioneer Grange #219 Steward for over 65 years and has contributed time, energy, and support to the Grange organization … Continue reading “Pioneer Grange Celebrates Members”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[34,258,889,890],"post_folder":[696],"class_list":["post-100363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grange-news","tag-grange-activities","tag-grange-news","tag-pioneer-grange","tag-union-maine"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Pioneer Grange #219, located in East Union, recently celebrated some member milestones: Sherwood Hilt was recognized for 65 years of service, Donald Burke for 25 years, and Jessica Hilt for 20 years. Sherwood has served as Pioneer Grange #219 Steward for over 65 years and has contributed time, energy, and support to the Grange organization…","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1arC1-q6L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100367,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100363\/revisions\/100367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100363"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=100363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}